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From: Sylvain Léger <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Info
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:44:21 -0400
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Hi

Oka is the designation of Kanesatake, a Mohawk Territory. Of the total population of 1800, 1200 are living on the
Reserve. See the web siote below which gives a brief history of Kanesatake.

http://www.autochtones.com/fr/premiers_peuples/kanesatake.html

Sylvain

auntie-do a écrit :

> Oka is the name of a town in Quebec in an area known as Deux Montagnes.
> There is a monastery there that makes, among other things, Oka cheese - very
> strong smelling, like Limburger cheese. There is also a large native
> population in the area which caused quite a stir in 1990, referred to in the
> newspapers as "the Oka standoff"; there is info on the Net about that.
>
> Doreen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vikki Liles" <>
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> Subject: [Q-R] Info
>
> > On the PRDH what does Oka stand for?
> >
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